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Author: dmcconville

This is the Biggest Food Scandal in History

America’s largest meat producers are reportedly fixing prices. Tyson, Hormel, and Cargill are using a little-known technology—Agri Stats—to share secret data and make your groceries…

The Real Reason You Can’t Afford a House

Wall Street is buying up neighborhoods and communities across the U.S. In 2022, big investors bought more than one in every four single family homes…

It’s Not Just Shein: Why Are ALL Your Clothes Worse Now?

The fast fashion revolution is making huge brands like Zara and Shein—and their shareholders—rich. Meanwhile, we get worse clothes with no pockets and textile landfills…

This Billionaire Family is Suffocating Rural America

Just 4 companies control almost all the fertilizer in America. Now the Kochs are planning a billion-dollar merger to drive up prices for farmers—and suffocate…

As Uber’s Profit Margins Grow, Workers Make Less and Less

Uber wants you to think “innovation” and “diversification” are the reason they finally turned a profit in 2023. The real reason? The company raised prices…

Starbucks Tried to Crush Its Baristas. What Happened Next Will Shock You

Starbucks workers have done what many thought was impossible — force one of the largest corporations in the world to negotiate a union contract. It's…

The Shadow Group Working To Keep Wages Low

Alabama autoworkers are on the verge of a major union victory. But there's one group that's funding a massive campaign to stop them. We uncovered…

The Stat That Explains Why Politics Is So Broken

52% of Americans are working class, compared to just 2% of people in Congress – Dan Osborn wants to buck that trend. Two years ago…

Corporations Are Privatizing Tap Water. You’re Paying the Price.

Private corporations are buying up public water and sewer systems. Then people's bills skyrocket. In Pennsylvania communities are fighting back — and rejecting the privatization…

The IRS Created a Free Tax Filing System. TurboTax is Reeling.

The IRS’s free tax filing pilot was a huge success, despite TurboTax and H&R Block’s efforts to block it. Direct File saved people $5.6 million…

This is the South’s Next Worker Uprising

7,300 workers at Daimler Truck & Thomas Built are ready to walk out and shut down 7 plants at midnight. The company made $5.8 billion…

Baltimore Port Workers Are Reeling. Will Anyone Listen?

Thousands of workers are still out of work weeks after the Baltimore bridge collapsed. Mainstream news is focusing on how the tragedy will affect the…